A Kane County judge incorrectly excluded relevant evidence and witnesses in tossing a suit alleging a law firm owes $777,000 from a personal injury recovery to the estate of its longtime of counsel, a state appellate panel ruled.

Jennifer L. Rosato Perea, one of the first Latina law school deans in the United States, will step down as head of DePaul University College of Law to take a leadership position with the American Bar Association, both organizations announced Wednesday.

Two sets of parents do not have a case for violation of their due process rights against the University of Chicago Medical Center or the doctors at the hospital involved in the decision to administer Vitamin K shots and antibiotics to the parents’ newborn babies over their objections, a federal judge ruled.

With campaigns in full swing for 2024 elections, the Illinois Judicial Ethics Committee is calling attention to changes to its guidelines for judicial candidates, particularly new limits on endorsements.

A proposal before the Illinois Supreme Court Rules Committee that aims to make it professional misconduct for an attorney to harass or discriminate “in the practice of law” has been met with pushback from attorneys who say it overreaches and would violate their free speech rights.

A website where consumers can buy salon and health care products constitutes a place of public accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a federal judge held.

A pension fund can record a revived judgment of more than $2.4 million as a new lien on the other party’s property even after seven years have passed, a state appellate panel ruled.

The Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission review board split over a decision to trim the sanction recommendation for an attorney who converted more than $12,000 of a client’s money, allowing him to avoid a Supreme Court rule mandating that he report his discipline to his clients, the courts and others.